Design News
Find Your Own Beach: Stardust's New Animated Corona Campaign
Stardust recently completed a 10-spot campaign for Corona, animated in a contemporary, hand-drawn comic style.
Elastic Loves New York State
Going hiking, biking, canoeing, or camping this fall? If so, you'll want to head straight to New York State after checking out a pair of Empire State Development spots produced by Elastic Director Andy Hall and edited by Rock Paper Scissors Editor Gabriel Britz via BBDO NY.
ColorMunki Smile: Entry-Level Color Calibration Solution from X-Rite
The ColorMunki Smile is a new addition to the X-Rite's ColorMunki family of color calibration solutions.
Pantone SkinTone Guide: 110 Shades of Nude
The new Pantone SkinTone Guide is the first scientifically based guide for matching and reproducing lifelike skin tones.
Wallpaper* Launches October 2012 Guest Editors' Issue with Three Covers
For its annual guest editors' issue, Wallpaper* has invited celebrated architect Ole Scheeren, leading US photographer Taryn Simon and Chinese star pianist Lang Lang to edit their own sections in the magazine.
Autodesk Gameware Navigation: New Artificial Intelligence Middleware
Autodesk unveiled the next-generation of its AI middleware - Gameware Navigation - at the the Vienna Game AI Conference.
iPhone and Coffee Pot Buried in Foundations of New Design Museum
On the eve of the London Design Festival, Founder of the Design Museum Sir Terence Conran, Director Deyan Sudjic OBE and Chairman of the Trustees Luqman Arnold, joined by leading architects and designers, attended a ceremony today to celebrate the ground breaking of the new Design Museum at the former Commonwealth Institute on Kensington High Street.
RIBA Launches Hong Kong Chapter
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has today launched a Chapter in Hong Kong. With over 600 RIBA members in Hong Kong and mainland China, the Chapter will enable the Institute to offer increased support and provide networking opportunities, a forum for local activities and CPD.
John Evans Designs Concept Store for Bensons for Beds
John Evans Interior Architecture & Design has worked with Bensons for Beds and integrated communications agency, Public, to design a new concept store which transforms the way the retailers' beds are displayed and boosts turnover.
Team One Creates Branding and Packaging for Icelandic Glacial Water
Team One has created a complete brand identity, label and carton design for Icelandic Glacial Water.
Interactive AI Artwork by Aether & Hemera
"Which is your brass's voice?" is an art installation employing Artificial Intelligence (AI) and digital media to create an engaging multi-sensory experience for the audience.
2012 AIA Firm Survey: Economic Downturn Cut Architecture Firm Revenue by 40 Percent
According to the recently released 2012 AIA Firm Survey, architecture firms have collectively seen their revenue drop by 40 percent and have had to cut personnel by nearly a third, since the beginning of the recession in early 2008.
AKQA Creates Creative Sandbox for Google
AKQA collaborated with Google to develop Creative Sandbox, an open platform to surface and celebrate excellence in digital creativity to raise the bar and inspire more experiences & ads consumers love.
Lexus LF-CC Concept Car
Lexus will unveil the LF-CC Concept at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The more compact, rear-wheel drive, full hybrid LF-CC already integrates various design cues from the Lexus' award-winning hybrid 2+2 sports coupe concept LF-LC, a first illustration of how concept cars are truly influencing future Lexus models and, in this instance, future D-Segment derivatives.
Display and Design Ideas Magazine Names FITCH 2012 Design Firm of the Year
The leading retail design magazine Display and Design Ideas (DDI) named FITCH as the 2012 Design Firm of the Year in its September "Portfolio Awards" issue. The issue showcases the best and the brightest design firms, designers, industry influencers, and noteworthy retail projects.
Communication Arts Typography Competition 2013
Organized by Communication Arts, Typography Competition celebrates the best use of typography as the primary visual element in design and advertising, plus new typeface designs, calligraphy and handlettering.
SVA MFA Design Criticism Lecture Series: Fall 2012
SVA MFA Design Criticism Lecture Series, held on Tuesday evenings at D-Crit, presents lectures by the most thoughtful and provocative writers, editors, designers, and curators practicing today in the interrelated fields of design, architecture and urban planning.
Troika Launches EA Sports '13 Video Campaign
Troika created a branded video campaign for EA Sports to drive brand attribution and connect the parent brand back to their Madden, FIFA, NHL, and NBA properties. The spots aim to deliver a unified, branded EA Sports experience as titles load for each game.
BMW Concept Active Tourer
BMW will unveil Concept Active Tourer at the 2012 Paris Motor Show. The concept combines comfort and space functionality with dynamic performance and style.
Goodby Silverstein & Partners and 30 Rock Have Gone Google
Coming off of the success of the Gone Google commercials "Hall & Oates," and "Wedding List," Goodby Silverstein & Partners and Google Creative Labs have introduced their latest :30 spot, "30 Rock."
Southend Pier Cultural Centre Opens to the Public
Southend Pier Cultural Centre is now open to the public ahead of an official inauguration this autumn. Designed by White Arkitekter and Sprunt, the new Cultural Centre is sited at the head of Southend Pier, the world's longest pleasure pier.
London Design Festival Launches New App for 2012
The London Design Festival, with over 300 events showcasing the very best in British and global design each year, is one of the world's largest design festivals.
Design Museum Buries Time Capsule to Mark Start of Relocation to Kensington
To mark the ground breaking of the new Design Museum at the former Commonwealth Institute, a time capsule will be buried in the foundations of the new building.
AKQA Creates New Website for Calvin Klein
Calvin Klein will live stream the brands' Spring 2013 women's runway show taking place during New York Fashion Week this Thursday, September 13th at 2:00 PM EDT.
Product Ventures Creates New Design for Dr. Scholl's Active Series
Merck approached Product Ventures to design a premium line of insoles specifically targeting the high performing athlete looking for enhanced foot support.
Stranger & Stranger Launches New Range of Wine Designs
Stranger & Stranger have teamed up with winemaker Truett Hurst and retailer Safeway to launch an innovation initiative aimed at spicing up the look of the wine shelves.
Purpose Completes Brand Identity for Global Recruitment Company
Purpose has completed an extensive rebranding for Macdonald and Company, a global recruitment group working in the real estate, built environment, energy and environmental sectors.
GE Healthcare Wins Three IDEA Awards for Medical and Scientific Products
GE Healthcare has received three International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) from the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), one for its latest Interventional X-ray system, the Discovery IGS 730, and two concepts related to Mammography & MR.
Autodesk Simulation 360: Industry's First Cloud-Based Pay-As-You-Go Simulation
Autodesk Simulation 360 is a comprehensive set of tools delivered securely in the cloud with a pay-as-you-go pricing model that enables any company to make simulation part of their everyday design and engineering processes.
Why Design: Herman Miller Launches New Series
Herman Miller launched Why Design, a new series featuring 8 designers from around the world who share their perspective on design and seeing the world through their eyes.
SolidWorks 2013
Dassault Systemes has released SolidWorks 2013. The latest version features powerful design tools and new drawing capabilities, sub-model simulation, cost estimation, network rendering, and wider sharing and increased connectivity.
SUITE New York's Pink Jalk Project
The Pink Jalk Project is the third installment of SUITE New York's highly successful "Pink Project," a creative design collaboration held annually to benefit BCRF.
Millimeter: Fred & Farid's Brand New Audi Campaign
The "Millimeter" campaign - conceived, designed and produced by Fred & Farid - celebrates Audi perfection by depicting the immensity of the human and material investment behind a single Audi millimeter.
Bill Moggridge Passes Away at 69
Bill Moggridge, director of the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum since 2010, died Sept. 8, following a battle with cancer. He was 69 years old.
Can Design Skills Help the Next Generation of Paralympians?
Teaching design skills to people with spinal cord injuries can help them recognise how to confront and solve some of the problems they come across in their daily lives, according to a report published today the RSA.
Jannuzzi Smith Redesigns Flagship Bulletin for Cinematheque Suisse
Jannuzzi Smith have extensively restructured and redesigned Cinemathèque suisse's 'bulletin' - a bi-monthly programme of film screenings and related events, essays, photos and news.
Punkt. Launches the ES 01
Punkt. has launched ES 01, an original extension socket designed by Georges Moanack under the art direction of Jasper Morrison, at Maison et Objet.
The Allotment Rebrands the Donkey Sanctuary
The Allotment has recently rebranded The Donkey Sanctuary. The project began nearly 12 months ago and has culminated in a new identity and proposition based on the Charity's core purpose, which is: 'Selfless care and devotion' to mules and donkeys worldwide.
CACTUS Insulin-Management Concept by Entwurfreich
Entwurfreich has unveiled CACTUS, a design-concept to support diabetics by providing relief in everyday life, reliable long-term-recording and integration into modern lifestyles.
Click 3X Delivers Five Spot Series for 2012 MTV VMAs
Click 3X, MTV's longtime post-production studio for its annual VMA campaign, has stepped up to handle all concepting, design, VFX, and editorial work on this year's effort.
Design Council Appoints John Mathers as Chief Executive
The Design Council has appointed John Mathers as its Chief Executive. The Design Council also announced the appointment of two key roles in its Cabe team - to strengthen its programs for the built environment and lead the process of design review.
Goettsch Partners Designs New Commercial Tower for Al Hilal Bank in Abu Dhabi
Goettsch Partners (GP) has designed the flagship commercial development for Al Hilal Bank in the heart of Abu Dhabi's Al Maryah Island.
Inside Job: In-house Design Conference
Organized by AIGA Houston, Inside Job conference is aimed at helping designers successfully meet the demands of the corporate design world without losing their creative edge.
BCN Design Week 2012
BCN Design Week, organized by BCD Barcelona Design Centre, is an international event focused on design, innovation and business addressed to those companies and professionals in any industry or productive services that use knowledge and creativity as a driver of its business activity.
Autodesk 123D Catch for iPhone
Autodesk has launched the new free Autodesk 123D Catch app for iPhone. Complementing the iPad, desktop and web app versions, the app lets users take photos from their camera on iPhone and upload them to the cloud where the photos are converted into a 3D model.
Inbound Call
I was having coffee with Barry, a long-time client, when he told me this story. He'd just returned from the first meeting with a new client who'd called him and said: "I want to work with your agency. Charge me what you need to charge, just don't hose me."
Pantone Fashion Color Report Spring 2013
PANTONE has today unveiled Fashion Color Report Spring 2013, a comprehensive overview of designers' use of color in their upcoming collections.
ASID Emerging Professional Takeover Month
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has launched of the first-ever Emerging Professional Takeover Month.
Frame Moooi Award 2013
The second annual Frame Moooi Award is now open for entries. The Award aims to unite innovative interiors with equally as inspiring furniture and lighting.
SolidWorks eDrawings Pro for iPad
SolidWorks has released eDrawings Pro for iPad. The features of the new app include dynamic cross section views, measurements, markups and annotations, and the unique ability to share it all by email.
VALUES! Trend Diary 2013
The Trend Diary is a desk diary featuring the inspiring work of 53 designers that explore the theme of 'values.'
Bayamo: A Purpose-built Machine for Time Trial Athletes by BMW Group DesignworksUSA
NeilPryde Bikes unveiled Bayamo and Bayamo+, the third line of frames created through the ongoing partnership with BMW Group DesignworksUSA's team in Asia. Bayamo joins the Alize and Diablo high performance road bikes that were launched to high acclaim in 2010.
Best in Show of the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards
The Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) unveiled the Best in Show for the 2012 International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) at its annual international conference in Boston.
Autodesk SketchBook Pro 6
Autodesk SketchBook Pro 6 is now available for download. The latest release features a streamlined interface, multi-touch navigation, French curves, synthetic paint and smudge brushes, plus even more brush controls to customize.
The Scent of Colours: An Artist's Blessing
The Avant/Garde Diaries, a digital interview magazine which documents personal views on the avant-garde, has recently interviewed Dawn Goldworm, the Scent Director of the Paris and NYC-based olfactory branding company 12.29.
Beyond Design Creates Global Identity for MEA
Beyond Design has created new global identity for MEA, an industry leader in the design and manufacture of high performance industrial actuators.
Egedal Town Hall and Health Centre
Henning Larsen Architects and a group consisting of turnkey contractor Zublin, landscape architect SLA and consulting engineers Henrik Larsen and Jorgen Nielsen have won the competition for Egedal Town Hall and Health Centre.
Casa Rex Creates New Packaging Design for Dove Advanced Care Range
Casa Rex developed a new packaging design for the Dove Advanced Care deodorant range in the Latin American market.
Jo Ashbridge Wins 2012 RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has awarded the 2012 Boyd Auger Scholarship to architecture graduate Jo Ashbridge, enabling her to start a 12 month research project on housing and disaster relief in flood-prone Bangladesh..
Parks for the People Award Ceremony
Parks for the People: A Student Competition to Reimagine America's National Parks award ceremony, reception, and exhibition opening will be held at the AIA Legacy Foundation's Octagon Museum in Washington, D.C.
Brandimage Designed the New Air France Business Lounge in Partnership with Noe Duchaufour-Lawrance
Brandimage designed the new business lounge Air France at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle airport. The new lounge allows Air France to accentuate its position as a high-end airline that is mindful of its clients' comfort.
AIA Architecture Billings Index Downturn Moderates as Negative Conditions Continue
The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) pointed to a slower decline in July in design activity at U.S. architecture firms.
RIBA Future Trends Survey Results for July 2012
The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) has released latest results from its monthly Future Trends Survey.
Eco-friendly Blood Glucose Monitor Concept
Cambridge Consultants has developed a blood glucose monitor concept for diabetics that's simpler to use, less cumbersome to carry and has a third of the environmental impact of traditional devices.
Pantone D65 Lighting Indicator Stickers
Pantone has extended its range of lighting indicator stickers. The new D65 Lighting Indicator Stickers make it easy for designers and manufacturers to determine if colors are being viewed under the right lighting conditions for accurate color evaluation, specification and matching.
SBID International Design Awards 2012 Shortlist
The Society of British Interior Design (SBID) has unveiled the shortlist for its prestigious 2012 International Design Awards.
Sandstrom Partners Completes Rebrand for Kobrick Coffee Company
Sandstrom Partners has recently completed a rebrand for Kobrick Coffee Company, a 92-year-old artisanal roaster of coffee for many of New York City's finest restaurants.
Archtober 2012: Architecture and Design Month NYC
Archtober is the second annual month-long festival of architecture activities, programs and exhibitions in New York City.
Demetrius Romanos Joins Karten Design as Vice President
Karten Design has signed Demetrius Romanos as Vice President. Demetrius brings 17 years of strategic product development experience, most recently as Executive Creative Director brand and product innovation consultancy Kaleidoscope.
Duffy & Partners Designed New Brand Identity for Brewery Ommegang
Duffy & Partners unveiled its newest identity design for Brewery Ommegang. Duffy's design embodies the balance of Belgian tradition and heritage with American imagination and innovation.
StartUP: Take the Leap to Startup Land
A new tech phenomenon is upon us. Creative directors from the ad industry are ditching their agencies to follow their passions and launch their own startups. It's a mass exodus from Madison Avenue to Silicon Valley.
Style Frames New York Design Conference
Style Frames New York will bring together influential design, advertising and media professionals from both the client and creative sides of the industry for two days of inspiration, networking and insight.
Mulsanne Convertible Concept
The graceful form of the Mulsanne Convertible Concept is a fusion of sportiness and coach-built elegance, its sculpted lines and muscular haunches conveying a sense of power and movement.
The Flavour Collective: Holmes & Marchant Creates Packaging Design and a New Sub-brand for Douwe Egberts
Douwe Egberts launched a new range of flavoured instant coffee with packaging design and sub-brand developed by Holmes & Marchant.
Pierini Develops New Aluminum Bottle for Quilmes
Quilmes launched a new aluminum bottle developed by Pierini Partners, which changes its graphic when exposed to ultraviolet light.
AIGA Design Leaders Confidence Index Q2 2012: Confidence in the Design Economy Slips Slightly
In the most recent quarter, AIGA's Design Leaders Confidence Index slipped from 104.15 to 94.92. The second quarter of 2012, with a 9 percent drop, is still in the range of the 17 most confident quarters since the index was started in 2005.
Porsche Pavilion at the Autostadt
The theme park at the Autostadt in Wolfsburg received another building structure. The new Porsche Pavilion sits in mirrored location to the Volkswagen Pavilion - at the central axis of the theme park - and offers 400 m2 of space for exhibitions and presentations.
Design Intelligence: Fashion: A Swedish Event for Sustainable Fashion in New York
Design Intelligence; Fashion will take place at Parsons The New School for Design on September 18-19, 2012. The event will focus on different parts of the innovation process from sustainable, material and production viewpoints.
Phoenix Design Week 2012
Presented by Lost Creature and the Arizona chapter of AIGA, Phoenix Design Week exhibits an impressive roster of events and internationally respected keynote speakers to the Phoenix Convention Center from September 24 through September 30, 2012.
BMW Zagato Roadster
BMW and Zagato have unveiled BMW Zagato Roadster at the 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, three months after the sensational premiere of the BMW Zagato Coupe.
ENYA Future Now Summit
Current market conditions have drastically altered the architectural profession, transforming the way design professionals view the built environment.
Projecting Design 2012: Cumulus Conference
Organized by Cumulus, Aalto University and Duoc UC, Projecting Design 2012 is an international summit of design and communication.
The Art of Collaboration: SEGD's Annual Exhibition & Experience Design Symposium
The Art of Collaboration, an initiative of the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD), will explore the impact of Multi-disciplinary collaboration from the perspective of clients, designers, fabricators, and educators.
The Power Play
Julia's firm had worked intensely in preparation for this meeting with the VP. He was new and hadn't been involved in the project up to this point. Her client, Bill, said that the VP was a "real pro" and was extremely demanding.
Wallpaper* September '12 Fashion Issue
Wallpaper* is once again dedicating its entire September issue to its favourite fashion designers as captured by the magazine's unique design lens.
Winners of the IIDA Healthcare Interior Design Competition 2012
The International Interior Design Association (IIDA) unveiled the winners of the inaugural Healthcare Interior Design Competition. The Awards honor and celebrate outstanding originality and excellence in the planning and design of healthcare interior spaces.
AICP Digital Launches Production Guidelines
The Association of Independent Commercial Producers (AICP) has recently unveiled guidelines for digital production that outline best business practices for digitally produced content, including interactive, visual effects, design, and animation.
HBA Designs the Living Room
HBA recently completed the Living Room, a vibrant bar and lounge located in the Grand Hyatt Dubai. HBA brilliantly showcased their expertise in restaurant and bar design, drawing inspiration from the vibrancy of Dubai while offering the ultimate guest experience.
New Ambition: Delivering the Promise of Design
In the last decade, design has earned "a seat at the table" and garnered the respect of business leaders around the globe. But what is design today? What are the qualities, skills, actions and reactions needed to deliver against the promise of design and the complex challenges of our future?
Williams Murray Hamm Creates Branding for Recipease
Williams Murray Hamm has created branding and graphics for Jamie Oliver's flagship store Recipease, due to open in London's Notting Hill Gate mid-August.
Autodesk Unveils New Extensions for Autodesk Maya 2013 and Autodesk 3ds Max 2013
Autodesk has unveiled new extensions for Autodesk Maya 2013 and Autodesk 3ds Max 2013 3D. The extensions will help artists create more sophisticated physical simulations, and move data more easily through complex pipelines.
Trochut Creates New Font for Wallpaper's September Issue
Barcelona-born Alex Trochut has designed a bespoke typeface, entitled Trojan, for Wallpaper*'s September fashion issue.
Style Media Gets a Makeover from Gretel
NY-based creative production company Gretel worked with Style's strategists and executives to craft a new brand image for the network with energy, versatility, personality, and, above all, style.
Lee Broom Designs Coast's London Flagship Store
Lee Broom has collaborated with high street retailer Coast to design their first flagship store on London's Oxford Street. Broom, who previously worked with Vivienne Westwood, was appointed at a pivotal and exciting time in the creative development of the brand.
Boundaries: Illustration - Practice - Research
Boundaries, a two-day symposium to be held at the Plymouth University, will provide a rare opportunity to consider the evolving boundaries of illustration, in both research and practice.
Kyoob-ID Designs Singapore's Eagle Eye Centre
Kyoob-ID has designed and outfitted the fourth outlet of Eagle Eye Centre, Singapore's eminent one-stop specialist eye centre for Presbyopia and LASIK services.
AIA California Council 2012 Residential Design Awards
Organized by the American Institute of Architects, California Council (AIA California Council) the Residential Design Awards program will honor excellence in architectural design in residential projects located within California.
Personalised Innovation Conference
Personalised Innovation is a one-day conference hosted by PDR and Cardiff Metropolitan University at the Cardiff School of Management on September 6, 2012. Each speaker will present their views on personalisation from the worlds of technology, design, healthcare and manufacturing.
RIBA Stages Protest Name Drop to Promote the Firms Who Built the Olympics
The Royal Institute of British Architects has today staged a protest with the architects and engineers who built the Olympic buildings. Strict contractual rules have meant that they are not able to do any pro-active work to promote their role in London 2012.
Goettsch Partners Unveils New Brand Identity
Goettsch Partners (GP) has launched a new brand identity, which recognizes the firm's strategic expansion from a practice working primarily in and around Chicago to one that designs globally, with projects spanning four continents and more than 40 cities.